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Uncommon card · Nature
Pigeon post, an Uncommon card
Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons are effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 64,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Pigeon post quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pigeon post card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They have been used in many ______ around the world.
Answer
places. They have been used in many places around the world. From the Pigeon post article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Internal energy. Internal energy 71 · Conformal map 66 · Pigeon post 63 · Domain 59 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The pigeons are transported to a destination in cages, where they are attached with messages, then the pigeon naturally flies back to its home where the recipient could read the message.
- They have been used in many places around the world.
- Pigeons have also been used to great effect in military situations, and are in this case referred to as war pigeons.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pigeon post article was read about 64,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Pigeon post
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Pigeon post in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Internal energyUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 41
- Seto Inland SeaUncommon · Nature · ATK 65 DEF 47
- Barrel racingUncommon · Society · ATK 63 DEF 49
- Neil MurrayUncommon · Arts · ATK 70 DEF 42
- Conformal mapUncommon · Science · ATK 66 DEF 46
- DiospyrosUncommon · Nature · ATK 65 DEF 47
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pigeon post (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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